Daniel Bain McMillan

Daniel (Dan) Bain McMillan of Millers Creek, North Carolina, passed peacefully on April 27,

2024. Dan was born on August 10, 1937 to the late Daniel Robert and Minnie Minerva Trim

McMillan in Topinabee, Michigan. He is survived by his loving wife, Rebecca Lynne Steele

McMillan, his sister, Susie Gregg of Lansing, MI, his children, Daniel McMillan of Albuquerque,

NM, Shawn McMillan of Westland MI, Patrick and wife Waynna McMillan of Knightdale, NC,

Jessica Smith of Wilkesboro, NC, Stephenie and husband Brad Hamby of Hickory, NC, Robert

and wife Robin McMillan of Millers Creek, NC and his grandchildren Matthew McMillan of

Washington, MI, Joshua McMillan of Ormond Beach, FL, Amanda McMillan of Ann Arbor, MI,

Haley McMillan-Lanski and Deborah McMillan-Lanski of Westland, MI, Nicholas McMillan of

Lincoln, NE, Cara McMillan of Millers Creek, NC, Gabriel Smith of St. Petersburg, FL, Karma

Smith of Wilkesboro, NC, Willow Hamby of Hickory, NC, Mattie Wyatt of Raleigh, NC and Isabella

Wyatt of Sparta.

Daniel was a long-time resident of Alleghany and Wilkes counties, NC, and previously of Naples,

Florida and Topinabee, Michigan. He served in the Army before attending Michigan Technical

College where he graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering and worked as a

mechanical engineer before moving to North Carolina. In NC he worked in the construction

industry and held several other occupations before retiring from the Interplex Group in

Wilkesboro, NC. His children and grandchildren will forever remember him as a loving father, a

man of incredible intelligence with a mechanical mind, and the ability to solve almost every

problem with uniquely designed constructions. He always had some new invention or some

new scheme that he dreamed of bringing to fruition. Though he had a long battle with

dementia, even in his last weeks he was still instructing his wife on the concepts of

displacement theory and trying to teach us all to see with our mind, not just our eyes. Dan can

only be described as a character, who was ever so comfortable with who he was and accepted

all of us as we are, not as he wished we would be. His hugs were always strong and prolonged,

showing us how important we were to him and how proud he was of the humans we are. May

his memory always be a blessing.

Graveside Services to honor the life of Dan will be held at 1:00 pm Wednesday, May 1st, 2024 at

Sparta Cemetery.  No formal visitation will be held.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital

(https://www.stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html). The family would like to extend their heartfelt thanks to the staff of

Medi-Home Hospice of Alleghany for their excellent care. He always looked forward to their

visits.

Thomas Family Funeral Service is honored to be serving the McMillan Family.  If you wish, online

Tributes may be extended to the family at www.thomasfamilyfs.com.

To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Daniel Bain McMillan, please visit our floral store.